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BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) - Malawi's president demanded Thursday the resignation of a top prosecutor for withdrawing corruption charges against the nation's previous leader.
President Bingu wa Mutharika said he wanted Ishmael Wadi, director of public prosecutions, to resign by Friday, saying "this withdrawal has destroyed my credibility as president against corruption but also the credibility of this country globally."
Wadi last week unconditionally dropped all 42 counts of corruption, fraud and abuse of office filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against former President Bakili Muluzi. Muluzi — Mutharika's mentor-turned-rival — was also accused of pilfering $50,000 of government money through the Malawi embassy in Tanzania.
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